Ariz. Admin. Code § 4-10-101

Current through Register Vol. 30, No. 50, December 13, 2024

Section R4-10-101 - Definitions

The definitions in A.R.S. §§ 32-301, 32-501, 32-516, and 32-572 apply to this Chapter. Additionally, in this Chapter unless otherwise specified:

1. "Accredited" means approved by any regional or national accreditation organization.

2. "Administrative completeness review" means the Board's process for determining that an applicant has provided all information and documents required by Board statute or rule for an application.

3. "Applicant" means an individual or any of the following seeking licensure or registration by the Board:

a. If a corporation, one officer as the applicant and a list of all officers of the corporation; or

b. If a partnership, one partner as the applicant and a list of all other partners; or

c. If a limited liability company, the designated corporate contact person, or if no contact person is designated, one member as the applicant and a list of all other members.

4. "Application packet" means the forms and documents the Board requires an applicant to submit.

5. "Approved by the Board," as used in A.R.S. §§ 32-302 and 32-501, means a cosmetologist, aesthetician, barber, hair stylist, or nail technician has a current license issued by the Board and no record of disciplinary action.

6. "Bracing" means to use a support that helps to steady or strengthen while performing a procedure.

7. "Barber pole" means a stationary or revolving sign composed of a vertical cylinder or pole with alternating, diagonal, stripes of any combination including red, white, and blue or a likeness of the sign.

8. "Certificate of hours" means a document issued by a licensed school to a student that states the total number of hours or credits completed at the school by the student who is transferring or withdrawing.

9. "Certification of licensure" means the status of the license, signed by the authorized individual of the agency authorized to issue cosmetology, hairstyling, nail technician, aesthetics, barbering, or instructor licenses in the jurisdiction in which the applicant received a license.

10. "Change of ownership," as used in A.R.S. §§ 32-328, 32-545, and 32-552, means a change of 10 percent or more of the owners holding a license to operate an establishment or school.

11. "Classroom" means an area in which instruction or demonstration is provided.

12. "Clinic" means the area where a student practices cosmetology, hairstyling, nail technology, aesthetics, or barbering on the general public for a fee.

13. "Course" means an organized subject matter in which instruction is offered within a given period of time and for which credit toward graduation is given.

14. "Credit" means one earned academic unit of study based on

completing the required number of class sessions per calendar week in a course

at a community college, an accredited college or university, or a high school.

15. "Crossover hours" means hours of training obtained by a licensed aesthetician, cosmetologist, hair stylist, nail technician, or barber that a school licensee accepts as hours of training required to complete a course of training in a different discipline.

16. "Days" means business days.

17. "Direct supervision" means a licensee is physically present and observing the work of a supervisee.

18. "Discipline" means the fields of study or service regulated by the Board including cosmetology, hairstyling, aesthetics, nail technology, eyelash technology, and barbering.

19. "Disinfect" means the use of chemicals to kill most microbial life that can lead to infection in humans.

20. "EPA" means the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

21. "Establishment" means a business for which the Board has issued a license to a person under A.R.S. §§ 32-326 or 32-541, as applicable.

22. "Establishment suite" means multiple individually operated and licensed establishments that share a physical address except for suite number.

23. "Graduation" or "graduated from a school" means completion of the criteria established by a licensed cosmetology, hairstyling, aesthetics, nail technology, or barbering school for the course in which the applicant was enrolled including completion of the required curriculum hours.

24. "High school diploma or equivalency" means:

a. A high school diploma from a school recognized by the basic education authority or the Department of Education in the jurisdiction in which the school is located,

b. A passing score on a high school equivalency general educational development test or its equivalent as required by the Department of Education,

c. An associate degree or 15 academic credits from a junior college recognized by the basic education authority in the jurisdiction in which the college is located, or

d. Any degree from a college or university recognized by the basic education authority in the jurisdiction in which the college or university is located.

25. "Licensed in another state of the United States or foreign country" means:

a. A governmental regulatory agency in the state or country is authorized to examine the competency of individuals who graduate from a licensed cosmetology, hairstyling, nail technology, aesthetics, or barbering school, or instructors for these disciplines; and

b. The governmental regulatory agency issues licenses over which the state or country has regulatory and disciplinary jurisdiction.

26. "Manager" means an individual who is responsible for ensuring an establishment for which the Board has issued a license to operate complies with A.R.S. Title 32, Chapters 3 and 5, as applicable, and this Chapter.

27. "Mentor," as defined at A.R.S. §§ 32-301 and 32-501, means an aesthetician, barber, cosmetologist, hair stylist, or nail technician who is approved by the Board to train an individual in an apprenticeship program that is approved by the Department of Economic Security and occurs at a licensed establishment.

28. "Model" means an individual or mannequin on which an applicant performs demonstrations for the practical section of a licensing examination.

29. "Practice" means engaging in one of the disciplines regulated by the Board or engaging as an instructor of one of the disciplines in accordance with the license or registration issued by the Board and Title 32, Chapters 3 and 5, as applicable, and this Chapter.

30. "Owner" means a person that has controlling interest in an establishment or school or the owner's designee.

31. "Reciprocity" means the procedure for granting an Arizona license to an applicant who is currently licensed in another state of the United States or a foreign country.

32. "School" means an educational facility for which the Board has issued a license to a person under A.R.S. §§ 32-325 or 32-551, as applicable.

33. "Student instructor" means an individual who is licensed by the Board in a discipline and training to be an instructor in that discipline.

34. "Substantive review" means the Board's process for determining whether an applicant for licensure, registration, or other approval meets the requirements for the license, registration, or other approval for which application is made including, if applicable, taking and passing an examination required by the Board.

35. "Two years of high school or its equivalent" means one of the following:

a. Ten high school credits attained by an individual;

b. If the individual is homeschooled, a copy of the Affidavit of Intent filed with the county school superintendent and proof the individual is at least 16 years old;

c. Proof of being at least 18 years old; or

d. Obtaining a passing score on a high school equivalency general educational development (GED) test or its equivalent as required by the Department of Education.

36. "Transfer hours" means hours of study a student completed at one school that a school licensee accepts to meet the requirements at a second school.

37. "Virtual learning" means the use of technology to teach students who may or may not be physically present in a classroom.

38. "Workstation" means a specific location within an establishment, mobile unit, offsite training facility, or school where services are performed not including hair-cleaning activity.

Ariz. Admin. Code § R4-10-101

Adopted effective 4/9/1996 (Supp. 96-2). Amended by final rulemaking at 5 A.A.R. 1791, effective 5/18/1999 (Supp. 99-2). Amended by final rulemaking at 12 A.A.R. 807, effective 4/8/2006 (Supp. 06-1). Amended by final rulemaking at 23 A.A.R. 3028, effective 12/31/2017 (Supp. 17-4). Amended by final rulemaking at 26 A.A.R. 3123, effective 1/31/2021(Supp. 20-4). Amended by final rulemaking at 30 A.A.R. 527, effective 5/6/2024.